Luke 7:29
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
Cross-reference
Luke 7:35 'wisdom justified by her children' refers to the people who accepted John's baptism, showing their response confirms God's justice.
In Luke 3:12, tax collectors came to John for baptism — the very event that led the people here to acknowledge God's way as right.
Luke 15:1 shows tax collectors gathering to hear Jesus — mirroring their positive response to John’s baptism here.
In Luke 18:10, a tax collector is justified while a Pharisee is not — reflecting the same reversal as tax collectors accepting John’s baptism here.
In Luke 5:30, Pharisees grumble about Jesus eating with tax collectors — the same group here who accept John’s baptism, highlighting the divide.
In Psalm 51:4, David declares God just in judgment, paralleling the people here who acknowledged God's way as right after John's baptism.
In Matthew 3:6, people confessed sins and were baptized — the specific act that caused the tax collectors here to justify God.
In Romans 10:3, Israel sought their own righteousness instead of submitting to God's — opposite of the tax collectors here who acknowledged God's way.
In Matthew 11:19, Jesus is called a friend of tax collectors — the same group here who accepted John's baptism, showing God's wisdom vindicated.
In Matthew 21:31, Jesus says tax collectors believed John's message, showing the same group that here acknowledged God's way.
In Matthew 21:31, Jesus says tax collectors believed John's message, showing the same group that here acknowledged God's way.
In Matthew 3:5, multitudes from Judea and Jerusalem went to John for baptism, providing the broader context for the people's response here.
John 10:41 records people affirming John’s testimony about Jesus — similar to the tax collectors here accepting John’s baptism as God’s way.
In Romans 3:4, Paul cites the same OT truth that God is justified, echoing the people's acknowledgment of God's justice here.